People

Zabe Bent

NACTO Title: Former NACTO Director of Design

Zabe Bent has nearly 20 years of experience in multimodal planning and urban development. She is skilled at conceptual design, transit planning, and communications. As a Principal Planner at the San Francisco County Transportation Authority, Zabe managed a range of efforts including advancing two of San Francisco’s key bus rapid transit corridors, its congestion pricing […]

Patrin Watanatada

Patrin Watanatada

Title: Knowledge for Policy Director, Bernard van Leer Foundation

NACTO Title: Speaker, Designing Cities Conference

Believing that great ideas—smartly communicated—can change the world, Patrin’s professional focus is helping organisations use knowledge to make a bigger social impact. She joined BvLF in 2015 to set up the Knowledge for Policy team to develop and share policy and programming ideas to better serve babies, toddlers and the people who care for them. She […]

Rachel Johnson

Title: Transportation Management Planner, City of Hamilton

NACTO Title: Speaker, Designing Cities Conference

Saadiq Mohiuddin

Title: Project Engineer, Calgary Transit

NACTO Title: Speaker, Designing Cities Conference

Daniel Samaro

Title: Division Manager for Vision Zero Design, Los Angeles DOT

NACTO Title: Speaker, Designing Cities Conference

Daniel is a licensed professional Civil Engineer in California and part-time professor at Loyola Marymount University’s Civil Engineering department. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering from Loyola Marymount University and an MBA from the USC Marshall School of Business. Currently, Daniel is the Division Manager for Vision Zero Design at the Los Angeles […]

Robert Hunter

Title: Operations Foreperson, City of Cambridge Traffic, Parking & Transportation

NACTO Title: Speaker, Designing Cities Conference

Becca Hughes

Title: Senior Transportation Planner, City of Minneapolis Department of Public Works

NACTO Title: Speaker, Designing Cities Conference

Becca is a Senior Transportation Planner with the City of Minneapolis Department of Public Works. Becca has over eighteen years of professional planning experience, with nearly fifteen of those as a planner for the City of Minneapolis in transportation, land use, urban design, preservation, and environmental planning. Becca has led and collaborated on a variety of […]

Matthew Kohut

Title: Managing Partner, KNP Communications

NACTO Title: Speaker, Designing Cities Conference

Matthew Kohut is the managing partner of KNP Communications. He has prepared CEOs, elected officials, entrepreneurs, ambassadors, scientists, and best-selling authors for events ranging from television appearances to board meetings to TED talks. He also leads KNP’s development of customized training and coaching programs for corporations, universities, and nonprofit organizations. Matt has held appointments at […]

Stephane Blais

Title: Chef de section - Aménagement de rues, Ville de Montréal

NACTO Title: Speaker, Designing Cities Conference

Amar Mohite

Title: Director of Planning & Infrastructure, Harris County Precinct One

NACTO Title: Speaker, Designing Cities Conference

Amar Mohite, as the Director of Planning & Infrastructure for Harris County Precinct One, leads the development and coordination of multi-modal transportation and infrastructure projects. Recent projects include development of 17 miles of high-comfort bikeway network within City of Houston and 21 miles of trails and bikeways in Precinct One Park. Mr. Mohite previously led […]